Glittering world masks church finances in Garner Ted Armstrong era
A sweeping profile of the Worldwide Church of God and Garner Ted Armstrong notes a $70 million annual income and $100 million in real estate while highlighting lavish campuses and the Ambassador Auditorium. Critics accuse fund misuse as church leaders defend stewardship and secrecy surrounds finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worldwide
Church of God
Garner Ted Armstrong
Barbara Riegelhaupt
Associated Press
Pasadena
Calif
Herbert
Garner Ted
Armstrong
United States
Canada
Ambassador College
Armstrongs
Belgium
Stanley Rader
Vienna Symphony
Garner Tech
Herbert W. Armstrong
KORE
Eugene
Ore
Bricket Wood
England
Big Sandy
Tex
Texas
the Plain Truth
Ted
Wealth and secrecy surround Rev Ike empire in Brookline
The Rev Ike organization the United Christian Evangelistic Association runs from a glass walled headquarters in Brookline Massachusetts with no public signage. Estimates put annual income between six and fifteen million dollars though the figure is kept secret. Ike a flamboyant preacher wears expensive suits and drives luxury cars while the church handles cash via sealed mail to a Brookline post office box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Q. Haney
Associated Press
Brookline
Mass
Frederick Eikerenkoetter
Rev
Ska
Ike
United Christian Evangelistic Association
Commonwealth Ave
Kenneth Kolman
Association
Kolman
New York
Redondo
Calif
New York City
Westchester County
United Church
Washington Heights
Manhattan
Church
United Church, Science of Living Institute
Boston
Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Co
Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue and
the Post Office
Church doers urged to celebrate non doing by chaplain
The Rev Richard A Swanson Lutheran chaplain at Augustana College says American churches are full of doers who must learn to celebrate non doing People of God are called to play and be freed from the need to perform. The remarks came at a Lutheran Church in America conference in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ambassador
Armstrongs
Ambassador College
Ambassador Report
Rader
Brethren
Garner Ted
Robert Kuhn
Herbert
Tokyo
Philadelphia
Richard A. Swanson
Augustana College
Rock Island
Ill
Lutheran Church In America
Ex-convicts Help Cut Robberies at 7-Eleven Stores
A California study by Western Behavioral Sciences Institute and Southland Corp shows armed robberies at 7-Eleven stores fell 65 percent from 1974 levels after a program including ex-convicts, police, and psychologists. Training emphasizes visibility, fast cash drops, and customer greeting to deter robbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Scaglione
Copley
California
Ray Johnson
Western Behavioral Sciences Institute
Institute
Johnson
U.S. Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Southland Corp
San Diego
Los Angeles
Riverside
San Bernardino
Jerry Lowery
Southland’s Security
Lowery
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Pasadena City
Ambassador Auditorium
Massa-Carrara
Italy
Turkey
Persia
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of
North and South America
Ecumenical Patriarchate
Istanbul
Iakovos
Detroit
Garden Grove
National Council of Churches
Chappaqua
N.Y
David E. Kucharsky
The
Christian Herald
Kenneth L. Wilson
Kucharsky
Christianity Today
Phoenix
Tempe
Broadway
Price
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